The Chicago White Sox are placing OF Eloy Jimenez on the 10 day injured list with a left adductor strain the club announced Friday.
Jimenez exited Sunday’s contest vs. Detroit in the 6th inning citing discomfort following an at bat. The team initially hoped the 27 year old’s absence would be short lived, however his condition failed to improve over the last few days, leading to the procedural move.
Jimenez’s IL stint is retroactive to April 2nd.
“He was going good, so there was an opportunity there,” White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. “But there wasn’t any progress. There comes a point where you’ve got to make a decision.”
“We’ll just slow him down and make sure he gets his seven days and just get him right. We think that slowing this down and taking our time with it, there’s a really good chance that we can be done with it. He’ll continue to do his stuff, but not with the same urgency. He was getting after it yesterday because we were trying to get him on the field.”
Across 11 at bats in 2024, the 6’4″ righty has 2 hits and no runs, or RBIs. Jimenez has struggled with injuries since debuting in 2019, missing 42 games in 2023, and suiting up for only 194 contests between 2020 and 2022 combined.
In a corresponding move, the Sox called up 34 year old outfielder Robbie Grossman from AAA Charlotte. Chicago is next in action on Saturday vs. the Kansas City Royals.
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